The world order America created is in peril

ONE reason Donald Trump invites acres of commentary is that he keeps the world guessing what he means and where his foreign policy is heading. Touring Europe, he seemed to cast doubt on his support for NATO—except that his staff went on to insist that he was in fact reaffirming America’s commitment to the alliance. As went to press, he was about to announce America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord—or, then again, he was about to stay in the accord, demonstrating the wise counsel of the globalists in his White House. Both, or something in between, were still possible.Yet, 19 weeks into Mr Trump’s presidency, out of the chaos and the contradiction a pattern is emerging. And it is not reassuring for America or for the world.